If you like Nephilim books such as the Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, you should check out this one, which explores the flip-side of that. Not half-angel, but half-demon.
In this book, demons aren’t necessarily evil. In fact, demons are all old gods who were ousted by Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. It makes complete sense.
So, our main character, Jael, has spent her whole life with her father, moving from one place to the next, running. From whom, you ask? Well, there’s this big bad demon who hates ‘halfbreeds’ and is out to kill her.
On her sixteenth birthday, Jael gets her demon powers and then all kinds of chaos start happening.
I loved Rob.
And, with words like Google-fu and Skater-Zen, You’ve got the recipe for a GREAT STINKING BOOK!
And (if the author is reading this) a sequel would not be amiss. *hint, hint*
:)
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Pulling mythology from numerous sources and tying it together, Jon Skovron creates his own world world for Jael, a half demon and her father - an ex-monk who is running from the demon that killed his wife.

Being half demon, Jael’s family has been on the run from one of the dukes who is out to kill her. On her sixteenth birthday, a present from her mother released her powers and as she learns to wield them she also learns more about her past and find that she has to fight hard for her future.

For the most part, this book was a bit on the slow side as we were introduced to Jael’s world and the situation she found herself in. However, the way that it was executed was interesting enough to keep my attention.

The best parts of the story was the background on Jael’s parents, I enjoyed the way it was fleshed out, allowing the reader to understand Jael’s mother and also the reason her father is so overprotective.

I was also surprised to see that her father was so involved in her life, this is one of the few young adult books where we see the parent playing an important role and that was a bit refreshing.

Overall, it was a good read and quick read.
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Not bad but not good. Middle of the road for me. There were alot of times that I got bored and then the book would go into history between Jaels Mom and Dad and I got interested. But mostly, I felt myself just not engaged in what was going on. Didn't like some of the characters, really liked others etc. Just a book of many opposites for me. ( )

This wasn't the most thrilling read, but the characters were enjoyable and I liked that the romance didn't drive the whole plot. ( )

Misfit by John Skovron is about Jael, a teenaged girl who’s different from the other kids. Jael’s different, because she’s half demon. Always moving around with her distant ex-priest/ex-demon slayer father, and not knowing anything about her mom, she has kept her demon side a secret from those around her. Fulfilling a promise he made to her mother, when Jael turns sixteen her father gives her a necklace. And that’s when the secret she’s lived with her whole life, and secrets her father has kept come to light.

I really liked this book. Jael is a likeable heroine; she knows she is half-demon, which is refreshing after so many other clueless-about-one’s-true-nature paranormal YA novels. She has a crush on a boy her own age, but he isn’t the catalyst that drives her, again, is a nice change from conventional YA books. I also enjoyed the flashbacks about her parents, and found their story to be as interesting as Jael’s. With a few other colorful characters thrown into the mix, and a new take on mythology to play with, I would definitely encourage you to read Misfit.

I received this book from the publisher in exchange for a review. All opinions expressed are my own.
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